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07 April 2012

Happy Easter

I meant to post this yesterday but I have just noticed it sitting it the editor waiting for me to hit the Publish button!

Just a quick note to wish you all a Happy Easter. I am taking a few days break from the blog for the Easter Holiday. I feel I need it after the scare of the last couple of weeks! I am never off duty completely so will still be looking out for stories and also hope to be out on Saturday taking pictures as the bus scene in Plymouth has suddenly changed. Its not a case of looking out for the one bus you need to update your records - there are loads of them now I have to catch!

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It was unfortunate to hear that Riverlink (Rail River Link) Leyland Olympian OFS 702Y came to the end of her working life last week after many a year of hard graft working across pretty much the whole country! PTOTPA

A number of blog commentators have implied that fbb doesn't ask the right questions, so doesn't get the right answers. Sadly, fbb asks the questions that he wants answered, not those insisited upon by non public transport program purveyors. Public Transport Experience

The interesting thing about Nottingham City Transport’s bus map is not what it shows but what it doesn’t. Or what it no longer shows. The tram’s gone. It does not exist. There’s no trace of it. Omnibuses

I haven't done a post on blog facts and thanks for a while, so I thought today I could let you know how the blog is doing. Southern England Bus Scene

The 50/61/62 all 'change into eachother'. I've seen a Citaro on the 62 before heading to Derriford, this would then change to a City Centre-bound 50.

The 20 and 22 have similar buses, usually Mon-Fri it's 60,61,62,63 on the 22, then 64,65,66 on the 20, and vice versa on Saturdays; 60,61,62 on the 20 and 63-66 on 22.

67 though seems to be very popular on the 22! I saw 3 '03'-reg Transbus Darts on the 42 on Saturday, and 71 on the 40/41. These tend to get used on the 28B/29/34 evenings and Sundays.

I've never seen a B7 leave Royal Parade on the 50; though I frequently see one on the 62 during the week to Transit Way. This bus then pulled into Derriford not in service; surely this should've changed into a City Centre 61/50?

I'm onto it! I fonud a fleetlist for Citybus which I've updated; I just need to check with the original author whether it's okay for it to be uploaded. I never use First services due to living in Plympton, so I barely know anything about FDC unfortunately.

Dammit! That makes it even less likely I'll have a ride on a B10M. I've now got 181,182,184,185,166 and 187 listed being in service. (If that's wrong please correct it!) I heard a driver I get on with talking to another driver about it, and I definitely remember them saying the 3 dual-door Oxford Darts are gone. (The driver in question is pictured in these photos)http://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/6341143427/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I can almost guarantee all B10Ms will be withdrawn at the end of the academic year, since Citybus is scrapping all school buses, except the contract buses, which will more than likely be operated by B7s that used to do the other school runs.

176 - is this not in preservation?175 - was seen in a little depot off Newnham Road, Plympton, last week, I can't remember the company based there29 – still in Art show livery, lets hope for not too long, as it is not out of date!189 – was F606 GVO and has been withdrawn

Thanks Tom. I have no idea why the advert for 29 was not on my list - just seem to have missed it!The others have all been sold on so are not included in this list. The Optare Solos have all gone to Go Ahead South Coast (or at least they should have gone by now? are any still sitting at Milehouse?)

re 29 bus si still out an about in this livery. As for the front - its now pretty much standard practice to have the front in the current livery for advert buses. It does not signify that the bus will soon loose the advert. Clearly when it does though it will pretty much have to be repainted in the new livery - or have another wrap.